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Expo F supporting programme

Experts from the Latin American hardware and tools industry

Expo F 2018, International Trade Fair for Hardware & Tools from 20 - 22 September in Panama City will be accompanied by an extensive conference programme. The event organisers America Expo Group have now published …

News23. August 2018

Press reports

Amazon wants former Homebase stores for its logistics

Amazon in Great Britain is interested in some of the 42 Homebase locations which the owner of the chain is closing. That is …

News22. August 2018

Home Improvement Monitor

Reason for home improvement projects: more aesthetic and more comfortable

It's got to be more aesthetic and more comfortable: these are the main reasons why European consumers take…

News21. August 2018

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Kingfisher can show growth again in the second quarter

Kingfisher has closed the second quarter (ending 31 July 2018) with sales of GBP 3.255 bn and thus with a plus of 3.4 per …

News20. August 2018

Partnership with Soriana

Sodimac opens first store in Mexico

Sodimac has opened its first store in Mexico. The Home Improvement division of the Chilean retail group Falabella has run the location in the …

News17. August 2018

Sales of AUD 12.5 bn

Bunnings earns a lot at home and loses a lot in the UK and Ireland

The DIY store chain Bunnings recorded an operating revenue of AUD 12.544 bn in Australia and New Zealand in …

News16. August 2018

Second quarter

Home Depot reports a sales growth of eight per cent

Home Depot reports sales of USD 30.463 bn for the second quarter of fiscal 2018 (ending 29 July 2018), an 8.4 per cent increase …

News15. August 2018

5.4 per cent

Kesko sales in July lie significantly above last year

Sales in Kesko's building and technical trade totalled EUR 362.5 mio in July, an increase of 5.4 per cent, and 6.6 per cent in…

News15. August 2018

Germany

Plus 8.2 per cent in the second quarter saves the first half of the year for the industry

The DIY store trade in Germany made total gross sales of EUR 9.76 bn in the first half of …

News14. August 2018

Merger with Ermitažas

Bauhof in Estonia sold to Lithuanian group Vilniaus Prekyba

The Estonian DIY store and building materials chain Bauhof has been sold. The Lithuanian trade company Vilniaus Prekyba …

News13. August 2018

Edra/Ghin

Recycling more together

With a new strategy from the Make It Zero initiative, the DIY sector aims to reduce emissions from …

Distribution

WD-40

The first of its kind

The WD-40 Company Limited is launching an Ecolabel-certified multi-purpose lubricant in Europe.

Suppliers

Aveve

Moving away from 'one-size-fits-all'

In Bornem, the garden centre chain Aveve has unveiled its new shop concept, with which the parent …

Garden

WD-40

The first of its kind

The WD-40 Company Limited is launching an Ecolabel-certified multi-purpose lubricant in Europe.

Suppliers5. August 2026

Edra/Ghin

Recycling more together

With a new strategy from the Make It Zero initiative, the DIY sector aims to reduce emissions from …

Distribution4. August 2026

Private Labels in European DIY

Changing rules of the game

Own-brand products aren’t the problem, says Fiorella Origlia; being replaceable is. The former …

Suppliers29. July 2026

Experts from the Latin American hardware and tools industry

Amazon wants former Homebase stores for its logistics

Reason for home improvement projects: more aesthetic and more comfortable

Kingfisher can show growth again in the second quarter

Sodimac opens first store in Mexico

Bunnings earns a lot at home and loses a lot in the UK and Ireland

Home Depot reports a sales growth of eight per cent

Kesko sales in July lie significantly above last year

Plus 8.2 per cent in the second quarter saves the first half of the year for the industry

Bauhof in Estonia sold to Lithuanian group Vilniaus Prekyba

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Recycling more together

The first of its kind

Moving away from 'one-size-fits-all'

The first of its kind

Recycling more together

Changing rules of the game